Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down a
city ordinance which cross-trained new police officers as firefighters,
and reclassified them as "public safety officers." Local 487
IAFF v. City of Eau Claire, 433 N.W.2d 578 (Wis. 1989).
City could not appoint a police director
who was superior to the chief of police where latter held civil service
position. Quaglietta v. Bor. of Haledon, 182 N.J. Super. 136, 440 A.2d
82 (1981).
See also: Fire - Police
Integration.